熏
薰xūn
#2,991 most
frequent character
fragrance, warm, to educate
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
熏 began as a picture of a bag marked with dots. That picture gave the first meaning, to smoke or cure, as in curing meat. The meaning later grew to gas poisoning or suffocation, read xùn.
Drawn as: bag marked with dots
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